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The 1993 Dario Argento film:

  • Aluminum Christmas Trees: Scientific evidence has suggested that it is actually possible for a severed head to remain alive for a few seconds after being separated from the body. (Speaking and screaming without lungs, however, is not.)
  • Cry for the Devil: Okay, so she definitely took her revenge too far, but it's hard not to sympathize with the killer's pain. Having to see your newborn child decapitated before your eyes by incompetent doctors is...Yikes.
  • Harsher in Hindsight: The killer trying to inflict the pain of her own suffering on others became a lot more cringe-inducing when Asia Argento (one of countless women to disclose being sexually assaulted by Harvey Weinstein) was herself accused of sexual assault by actor Jimmy Bennett in Summer 2018.
  • Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize: Averted with Brad Dourif who is not the killer but Double Subverted with Piper Laurie who did do it. Laurie is shown to have been killed early on so viewers would forget about this trope but she is shown to have been Faking the Dead.
  • Signature Scene: Aura seeing the killer holding her parents' severed heads in front of her face. It's actually her mother holding her father's head and holding her own head in a manner to resemble two heads.
  • Vindicated by History: Getting a warmer reception now than it did twenty years ago. People are appreciating the directorial flourishes, the suspense and the identity of the killer.

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